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Title: A newbie question
Post by: diego313 on March 23, 2004, 03:33:01 pm
Hi all,

   Could someone explain me how to map the keyboard (hacked) to the controls.
   I mean , I'm planning to have 2 joysticks and six button per joystick so basically I want the mapping that I've to do , something like

   Joystick 1 -UP Movement -> Up Arrow
   Joystick 1 -Diagonal up-right movement -> ???    
   and so on.

Thansk all!
Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: Zathras on March 23, 2004, 03:39:14 pm
Diagonals are a combination of keypresses so pressing up and right = up right diagonal.

Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: diego313 on March 23, 2004, 03:47:17 pm
that means that I've to wire both key to the same contact in the joystick?
Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: Mugzilla on March 23, 2004, 04:06:04 pm
that means that I've to wire both key to the same contact in the joystick?

No, when you push up on a j-stick, it closes the UP contact.

When you push right on a j-stick, it closes the RIGHT contact.

when you push UP AND RIGHT on a j-stick, it closes the UP and RIGHT contact.
Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: Stingray on March 23, 2004, 04:21:23 pm
Or to put it another way, an eight-way stick only has four switches. Diagonals are when two switches are pressed at once.

-S
Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: Tiger-Heli on March 23, 2004, 04:33:09 pm
Hi all,

   Could someone explain me how to map the keyboard (hacked) to the controls.
   I mean , I'm planning to have 2 joysticks and six button per joystick so basically I want the mapping that I've to do , something like

Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: Apollo on March 23, 2004, 10:04:04 pm
PEOPLE ARE STILL HACKING KEYBOARDS! WHY?
Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: Tiger-Heli on March 24, 2004, 06:41:00 am
PEOPLE ARE STILL HACKING KEYBOARDS! WHY?
Good point, I should have mentioned that for the time and aggravation, it will be less expensive and more satisfying to buy a KeyWiz ECO www.groovygamegear.com and have a dedicated arcade game control designed encoder in you cab/controller.
Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: diego313 on March 24, 2004, 09:00:28 am
PEOPLE ARE STILL HACKING KEYBOARDS! WHY?
Good point, I should have mentioned that for the time and aggravation, it will be less expensive and more satisfying to buy a KeyWiz ECO www.groovygamegear.com and have a dedicated arcade game control designed encoder in you cab/controller.
thanks to all
Title: Re:A newbie question
Post by: Stingray on March 24, 2004, 09:42:17 am
I guess I should have chimed in with that as well. My hacked keyboard gave me plenty of headaches. I recently replaced it with an IPAC. That was the best money I've spent on my cab.

-S